Maria-Helena Henriques
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria-Helena Henriques |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria-Helena |
| FAMILY NAME | Henriques |
| SIGNATURE | HENRIQUES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istanbul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Does Mother's Education Affect Child Height?
Many studies have demonstrated that parental education has a significant positive impact on child health. This paper attempts to identify the mechanisms through which maternal education affects one indicator of child health-height conditional on age and sex. Using data from the 1986 Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey, it is shown that almost all the impact of maternal education can be explained by indicators of access to information-reading …
Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil
The impact of household characteristics on child survival and height, conditional on age, is examined using household survey data from Brazil. Parental education is found to have a very strong positive effect on both outcomes and this is robust to the inclusion of household income and also parental heights, which partly proxy for unobserved family background characteristics. We find that income effects are significant and positive for child survi…
Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil
The impact of household characteristics on child survival and height, conditional on age, is examined using household survey data from Brazil. Parental education is found to have a very strong positive effect on both outcomes and this is robust to the inclusion of household income and also parental heights, which partly proxy for unobserved family background characteristics. We find that income effects are significant and positive for child survi…
Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil
The impact of household characteristics on child survival and height, conditional on age, is examined using household survey data from Brazil. Parental education is found to have a very strong positive effect on both outcomes and this is robust to the inclusion of household income and also parental heights, which partly proxy for unobserved family background characteristics. We find that income effects are significant and positive for child survi…
How Does Mother's Education Affect Child Height?
Many studies have demonstrated that parental education has a significant positive impact on child health. This paper attempts to identify the mechanisms through which maternal education affects one indicator of child health-height conditional on age and sex. Using data from the 1986 Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey, it is shown that almost all the impact of maternal education can be explained by indicators of access to information-reading …
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Child mortality (1 work) · Child survival (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Developing country (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work)